Meaning

1 senses
  1. A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

    Holzfisch

    деревянная рыбаderevjannaja ryba

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
percussion instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
percussion instrument:

Origin

Calque from Chinese 木魚/木鱼 (mùyú).

Calque from Chinese 木魚/木鱼 (mùyú).

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Forms

plural: wooden fishes / wooden fish
Singularwooden fish
Pluralwooden fishes / wooden fish

regular

See also

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